Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB1225 Compare Versions

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3	3	EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4	[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5	5	hb1225
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7	7	HOUSE BILL 1225
8	8	C5 5lr1815
9	9	CF SB 908
10	10	By: Delegates Qi, Charkoudian, and Fraser–Hidalgo
11	11	Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2025
12	12	Assigned to: Economic Matters
13	13
14	14	A BILL ENTITLED
15	15
16	16	AN ACT concerning 1
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18	18	Public Utilities – Electric Distribution System Plans – Establishment 2
19	19	(Affordable Grid Act) 3
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21	21	FOR the purpose of requiring the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations or issue 4
22	22	orders on or before a certain date that require electric companies to, every 3 years, 5
23	23	develop an electric system distribution plan to be approved by the Commission and 6
24	24	provide the Commission with annual progress reports; requiring the Commission to 7
25	25	adopt regulations or issue orders adopting certain metrics to monitor and assess 8
26	26	electric distribution system plans; requiring an electric company to provide certain 9
27	27	public comment opportunities; requiring the Commission to adopt regulations or 10
28	28	issue orders adopting a certain information–sharing framework; and generally 11
29	29	relating to electric distribution in the State. 12
30	30
31	31	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 13
32	32	Article – Public Utilities 14
33	33	Section 7–804 15
34	34	Annotated Code of Maryland 16
35	35	(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 17
36	36
37	37	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 18
38	38	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 19
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40	40	Article – Public Utilities 20
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42	42	7–804. 21
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44	44	(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE F OLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 22
45	45	INDICATED. 23
46	46	2 HOUSE BILL 1225
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49	49	(2) (I) “AUTOMATE D ELECTRIC VEHICLE L OAD MANAGEMENT ” 1
50	50	MEANS THE UTILIZATIO N OF A POWER CONTROL SYST EM, AS DEFINED IN UL 3141, 2
51	51	TO LIMIT OR CONTROL CURRENT OR POWER TO STAY WITHIN SAFE , DEFINED LIMITS 3
52	52	THAT ARE CALCULATED IN ACCORD ANCE WITH NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE 4
53	53	625.42 AND 750.30. 5
54	54
55	55	(II) “AUTOMATED ELECTRIC VE HICLE LOAD MANAGEMEN T” 6
56	56	INCLUDES: 7
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58	58	1. A SINGLE DEVICE USED TO CONTROL THE ELECTRIC 8
59	59	VEHICLE CHARGING LOA D; AND 9
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61	61	2. MULTIPLE DEVICES OPE RATING TOGETHER AS A 10
62	62	SYSTEM TO CONTROL THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHA RGING LOAD. 11
63	63
64	64	(3) “DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE” HAS THE MEANING STATED 12
65	65	IN § 7–1001 OF THIS TITLE. 13
66	66
67	67	(4) (I) “FLEXIBLE INTERCONNECT ION” MEANS A METHOD FOR 14
68	68	CONNECTING DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES TO THE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTIO N 15
69	69	SYSTEM IN A MANNER THAT IS ADA PTABLE TO CHANGING C ONDITIONS AND 16
70	70	OPTIMIZES THE USE OF EXISTING ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTIO N SYSTEM 17
71	71	INFRASTRUCTURE . 18
72	72
73	73	(II) “FLEXIBLE INTERCONNECT ION” INCLUDES THE USE OF AN 19
74	74	AGREEMENT BETWEEN TH E CUSTOMER AND AN ELECTRIC COMPANY TO IMPLEMENT 20
75	75	THE USE OF A POWER C ONTROL SYSTEM , AS DEFINED IN UL 3141, TO PREVENT A 21
76	76	CONSTRAINED PART OF THE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTIO N SYSTEM FROM EXCEEDIN G 22
77	77	EXISTING CAPACITY . 23
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79	79	(5) “HOSTING CAPACITY ” MEANS THE AMOUNT OF AGGREGATE 24
80	80	GENERATION THAT CAN BE ACCOMMODATED ON AN ELECTRIC DISTR IBUTION 25
81	81	SYSTEM OR AREA , OR A COMPONENT OF AN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUT ION SYSTEM, 26
82	82	WITHOUT REQUIRING IN FRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE S. 27
83	83
84	84	(6) “LOAD FLEXIBILITY” MEANS A CHANGE IN TH E AMOUNT OR 28
85	85	TIMING OF ENERGY USE TO SUPPOR T ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTIO N SYSTEM NEEDS. 29
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87	87	(7) “NON–WIRES SOLUTION ” MEANS ANY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 30
88	88	INVESTMENT, PROGRAM, RATE, OR SERVICE THAT IS INTENDED TO DEFER OR 31
89	89	REMOVE THE NEED TO C ONSTRUCT NEW OR UPGR ADE EXISTING COMPONENTS OF A 32
90	90	DISTRIBUTION OR TRAN SMISSION SYSTEM . 33
91	91	HOUSE BILL 1225 3
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94	94	(8) “UL 3141” MEANS THE ELECTRICAL STANDARDS P UBLISHED BY 1
95	95	UL SOLUTIONS THAT DEFINES REQUIREMENTS FOR MAT ERIAL CONSTRUCTION , 2
96	96	PERFORMANCE , TESTING, AND INSTALLATION TO PROMOTE THE SAFETY AND 3
97	97	RELIABILITY OF POWER CONTROL SYS TEMS. 4
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99	99	(9) “VIRTUAL POWER PLANT ” MEANS A NETWORK OF MULTIPLE, 5
100	100	DECENTRALIZED , DISTRIBUTED ENERGY R ESOURCES INTEGRATED TO BALANC E 6
101	101	ENERGY SUPPLY AND DEMAND ON A LARG E SCALE. 7
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103	103	[(a)] (B) On or before December 31, 2025, the Commission shall adopt 8
104	104	regulations or issue orders to: 9
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106	106	(1) implement specific policies for electric system planning; 10
107	107
108	108	(2) require consideration of investment in, or procurement of, cost–effective 11
109	109	demand–side methods and technology to improve reliability and efficiency, including 12
110	110	virtual power plants; [and] 13
111	111
112	112	(3) implement specific policies for improvements in order to promote the 14
113	113	State’s policy goals under § 7–802 of this subtitle AND TO ACHIEVE THE STATE’S 15
114	114	TARGETS FOR THE EXPANSION OF: 16
115	115
116	116	(I) SOLAR ENERGY ; 17
117	117
118	118	(II) BUILDING ELECTRIFICA TION; 18
119	119
120	120	(III) ELECTRIC VEHICLES ; 19
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122	122	(IV) ENERGY STORAGE CAPACITY ; AND 20
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124	124	(V) REDUCTION OF GREENHO USE GAS EMISSIONS; 21
125	125
126	126	(4) REQUIRE EACH ELECTRI C COMPANY, EVERY 3 YEARS, TO SUBMIT 22
127	127	TO THE COMMISSION FOR APPROV AL AN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PLAN 23
128	128	THAT: 24
129	129
130	130	(I) INCLUDES THE INFORMATION REQU IRED IN SUBSECTION 25
131	131	(D) OF THIS SECTION; AND 26
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133	133	(II) COMPLIES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTION (E) 27
134	134	OF THIS SECTION; 28
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136	136	(5) ADOPT AND UPDATE AS NEEDED METRICS TO BE USED TO 29
137	137	MONITOR AN ELECTRIC COMPANY’S PROGRESS TOWARD IM PLEMENTING ITS 30 4 HOUSE BILL 1225
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140	140	ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PLAN , INCLUDING METRICS ASSESSING TH E 1
141	141	FOLLOWING CATEGORIES : 2
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143	143	(I) SYSTEM RELIABILITY ; 3
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145	145	(II) INTEGRATION OF DISTR IBUTED ENERGY RESOUR CES, 4
146	146	INCLUDING SPECIFIC M ETRICS RELATED TO SO LAR ENERGY, ENERGY STORAGE , 5
147	147	AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE S; 6
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149	149	(III) ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTIO N SYSTEM MANAGEMENT , 7
150	150	INCLUDING SPECIFIC M ETRICS RELATED TO : 8
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152	152	1. AGGREGATE PEAK LOAD ; 9
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154	154	2. PEAK LOAD REDUCTION PROGRAMS; 10
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156	156	3. TIME–OF–USE AND DYNAMIC PRIC ING PROGRAMS ; 11
157	157
158	158	4. ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHA RGING PROGRAMS ; AND 12
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160	160	5. HOSTING CAPACITY STA TUS AND EXPANSION ; 13
161	161
162	162	(IV) USE OF NON –WIRES SOLUTIONS AND NONCAPITAL 14
163	163	INVESTMENTS AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN USING THESE SOLUTION S AND 15
164	164	INVESTMENTS AND THE LONG–TERM SYSTEM CAPACITY; 16
165	165
166	166	(V) ADVANCEMENT OF STATE POLICY GOALS AND TARGETS 17
167	167	IDENTIFIED IN ITEM (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION AND ANY OTHER APPLIC ABLE STATE 18
168	168	GOALS AND TARGETS EF FECTIVE AT THE TIME OF THE PLANNING CYCL E; 19
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170	170	(VI) FUTURE ELECTRIC SYSTEM CAPABILITY, INCLUDING: 20
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172	172	1. ENERGY STORAGE FLEXI BILITY; 21
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174	174	2. FLEXIBLE INTERCONNECTIONS ; AND 22
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176	176	3. LOCAL DEMAND RESPONS E; AND 23
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178	178	(VII) AN ELECTRIC COMPANY ’S PARTICIPATION IN , AND 24
179	179	FACILITATION OF , AN EFFECTIVE INFORMATIO N EXCHANGE PROCESS AS 25
180	180	DESCRIBED IN ITEM (7) OF THIS SUBSECTION ; 26
181	181	HOUSE BILL 1225 5
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183	183
184	184	(6) REQUIRE EACH GAS COM PANY THAT OPERATES WITHIN ANY 1
185	185	PORTION OF AN ELECTRIC COMPANY ’S SERVICE AREA TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2
186	186	ELECTRIC COMPANY ’S ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PLANNING PROCESS TO 3
187	187	THE EXTENT NE CESSARY FOR THE ELECTRIC COM PANY TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN 4
188	188	AN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PLAN THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF 5
189	189	THIS SECTION; AND 6
190	190
191	191	(7) (I) ADOPT AN INFORMATION SHARIN G FRAMEWORK FOR THE 7
192	192	BROAD EXCHANGE OF DA TA BETWEEN ELECTRIC COMPANIES, GAS COMPANIES , 8
193	193	ELECTRICITY SUPPLIER S, AND THE PUBLIC THAT MEETS THE REQUI REMENTS OF 9
194	194	SUBSECTION (G) OF THIS SECTION; AND 10
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196	196	(II) REQUIRE ALL ELECTRIC COMPANIES AND GAS COMPANIES 11
197	197	TO PARTICIPATE IN EX CHANGING DATA AS DESCRIBE D IN ITEM (I) OF THIS ITEM. 12
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199	199	[(b)] (C) The regulations adopted and orders issued under [subsection (a) of] this 13
200	200	section shall: 14
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202	202	(1) [be developed with] ATTEMPT TO ENSURE UNIFORMITY IN 15
203	203	ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PLANNING WHILE GIVIN G DUE consideration 16
204	204	[given] to the inherent differences, individual circumstances, and available resources 17
205	205	among investor–owned electric companies, electric cooperatives, and municipal electric 18
206	206	utilities; and 19
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208	208	(2) if determined necessary by the Commission, establish separate 20
209	209	requirements for investor–owned electric companies, electric cooperatives, and municipal 21
210	210	electric utilities. 22
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212	212	(D) (1) AN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUT ION SYSTEM PLAN SUBMITTED TO THE 23
213	213	COMMISSION IN ACCORDA NCE WITH THIS SECTIO N SHALL INCLUDE : 24
214	214
215	215	(I) A DISTRIBUTED E NERGY RESOURCE FORECAST , AS 25
216	216	SPECIFIED UNDER PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION , AND A LOAD FORECAST , 26
217	217	AS SPECIFIED UNDER PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION , FOR AT LEAST THREE 27
218	218	PLANNING HORIZONS , INCLUDING: 28
219	219
220	220	1. A SHORT–TERM FORECAST OF 1 TO 3 YEARS FROM THE 29
221	221	DATE OF PLAN SUBMISSION ; 30
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223	223	2. A MID–TERM FORECAST OF 4 TO 6 YEARS FROM THE 31
224	224	DATE OF PLAN SUBMISSION ; AND 32
225	225
226	226	3. A LONG–TERM FORECAST OF 7 TO 10 OR MORE YEARS 33
227	227	FROM THE DATE OF PLAN SUBMISSION ; 34 6 HOUSE BILL 1225
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231	231	(II) AT LEAST T WO FORECAST SCENARIO AN ALYSES 1
232	232	REFLECTING POSSIBLE FUTURE OUTCOMES TO SERVE AS A REFERE NCE IN THE 2
233	233	DEVELOPMENT AND EVAL UATION OF THE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION PLAN , 3
234	234	INCLUDING: 4
235	235
236	236	1. AT LEAST ONE SCENARI O REFLECTING THE 5
237	237	INVESTMENTS REQUIRED TO MEET THE STATE’S EXISTING CLEAN ENE RGY AND 6
238	238	GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION GOALS ; AND 7
239	239
240	240	2. AT LEAST ONE SCENARI O REFLECTING A DEMAND FOR 8
241	241	ELECTRICITY BEYOND T HE INCREASED LOAD ANTICIPATED IN RESPONSE TO THE 9
242	242	STATE TARGETS SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION (B)(3) OF THIS SECTION; 10
243	243
244	244	(III) FOR EACH FORECAST SC ENARIO INCLUDED IN A PLAN IN 11
245	245	ACCORDANCE WITH ITEM (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH , AT LEAST ONE PORTFOL IO OF 12
246	246	INVESTMENTS AND PROG RAMS THAT REFLECT HO W THE ELECTRIC COMPANY 13
247	247	COULD MEET RELIABILI TY NEEDS AND FORECAST DEMAND WHILE MINIMIZING 14
248	248	CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTU RE INVESTMENT TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSS IBLE; 15
249	249
250	250	(IV) AN ANALYSIS OF THE H OSTING CAPACITY FOR DISTRIBUTED 16
251	251	ENERGY RESOURCE S, INCLUDING: 17
252	252
253	253	1. SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS ; 18
254	254
255	255	2. ENERGY STORAGE ; 19
256	256
257	257	3. ELECTRIC VEHICLES ; AND 20
258	258
259	259	4. DEMAND RESPONSE AND CONTROLLABLE LOADS ; 21
260	260
261	261	(V) AN ANALYSIS OF THE LOAD–SERVING CAPACITY FOR 22
262	262	DISTRIBUTED ENERGY R ESOURCES, INCLUDING: 23
263	263
264	264	1. ENERGY STORAGE ; 24
265	265
266	266	2. ELECTRIC VEHICLES ; 25
267	267
268	268	3. BUILDING ELECTRIFICA TION; AND 26
269	269
270	270	4. DEMAND RESPONSE AND CONTROLLABLE LOADS ; 27
271	271	HOUSE BILL 1225 7
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273	273
274	274	(VI) AN ANALYSIS OF LOCATIONS WITHIN THE ELECTRIC 1
275	275	COMPANY’S SERVICE AREA WHERE THE EXPANSION OF DIS TRIBUTED ENERGY 2
276	276	RESOURCES WILL PROVI DE THE GREATEST VALU E TOWARD MEETING DEMAND OR 3
277	277	PROVIDING NECESSARY ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTIO N SYSTEM SERVICES; 4
278	278
279	279	(VII) AN ANALYSIS OF EXIST ING CONSTRAINTS ON T HE ABILITY 5
280	280	OF THE ELECTRIC COMPANY’S ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM TO: 6
281	281
282	282	1. EXPAND DISTRIBUTED E NERGY RESOURCES ; 7
283	283
284	284	2. MEET ANTICIPATED LOAD REQ UIREMENTS; AND 8
285	285
286	286	3. ACHIEVE THE STATE’S CLEAN ENERGY AND 9
287	287	GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION GOALS ; 10
288	288
289	289	(VIII) AN A NALYSIS APPLYING THE STATE UNIFIED 11
290	290	BENEFIT–COST ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK TO POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS FOR ADDRESSING 12
291	291	THE CONSTRAINTS IDENTIFIED IN ITEM (VII) OF THIS PARAGRAPH , INCLUDING 13
292	292	NON–WIRES SOLUTIONS ; 14
293	293
294	294	(IX) A LIST OF THE POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS IDENTIFIED IN ITEM 15
295	295	(VIII) OF THIS PARAGRAPH THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY THE ELEC TRIC COMPANY 16
296	296	TO BE IMPLEMENTED AND THE FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO EACH DECISION ; 17
297	297
298	298	(X) A DESCRIPTION OF PLA NS FOR THE INCORPORATIO N OF 18
299	299	INNOVATIONS AND TECH NOLOGIES TO INCREASE THE RELIABILITY AND RESILIENCE 19
300	300	OF, AND THE ABILITY TO EXPAND , MANAGE, AND MODERNIZE , THE ELECTRIC 20
301	301	DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INCLUDING: 21
302	302
303	303	1. AUTOMATED ELECTRIC V EHICLE LOAD 22
304	304	MANAGEMENT ; 23
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306	306	2. FLEXIBLE INTERCONNEC TION; 24
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308	308	3. CLEAN MICROGRIDS ; 25
309	309
310	310	4. LOAD FLEXIBILITY ; 26
311	311
312	312	5. ENERGY EFFICIENCY ; AND 27
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314	314	6. VIRTUAL POWER PLANTS ; 28
315	315	8 HOUSE BILL 1225
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318	318	(XI) A DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE ELECTRIC COMPANY IS 1
319	319	COORDINAT ING ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM INVESTMENTS WITH ELECTRIC 2
320	320	TRANSMISSION SYSTEM PLANNING IN THE PJM REGION IN A MANNER T HAT IS MOST 3
321	321	COST–EFFECTIVE TO RATEPAY ERS; 4
322	322
323	323	(XII) A DESCRIPTION OF PLANS AND ACTIONS TAKEN TO 5
324	324	MINIMIZE THE COST TO RATEPAYERS T HROUGH THE EFFECTIVE USE OF FEDERAL, 6
325	325	STATE, AND LOCAL RESOURCES AND INCENTIVES ; 7
326	326
327	327	(XIII) A DESCRIPTION OF ANY OTHER ACTIONS TAKEN TO 8
328	328	MINIMIZE THE COST TO RATEPAYERS ; 9
329	329
330	330	(XIV) A DESCRIPTION OF EFFORTS TO COORDINATE WITH GAS 10
331	331	COMPANIES TO IDENTIFY LOCATIONS FOR GAS DE CARBONIZATION AND FACILITATE 11
332	332	ELECTRIFICATION TO M EET THE STATE’S CLIMATE GOALS , INCLUDING: 12
333	333
334	334	1. A DESCRIPTION OF EFFORTS TO COLLABORA TE WITH 13
335	335	ANY GAS COMPANY WHOSE TERRITORY OVER LAPS WITH THAT OF THE ELECTRIC 14
336	336	COMPANY TO MODEL EACH COMPANY’S RESIDENTIAL AND COMM ERCIAL 15
337	337	BUILDING–RELATED LOAD FORECAS TS WITH THE PURPOSE OF ENSURING THAT 16
338	338	HEATING DEMAND IS NO T DOUBLE–COUNTED ACROSS SYSTE MS; AND 17
339	339
340	340	2. A DESCRIPTION OF HOW T HE ELECTRIC 18
341	341	DISTRIBUTION PLAN AC COUNTS FOR: 19
342	342
343	343	A. ANY GAS COMPANY EFFICIENCY; AND 20
344	344
345	345	B. ANY ELECTRIFICATION PROG RAMS OR NON–PIPELINE 21
346	346	ALTERNATIVES THAT IM PACT ELECTRICITY DEM AND; 22
347	347
348	348	(XV) A DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE ELECTRIC COMPANY PLANS TO 23
349	349	MANAGE ITS DISTRIBUTED ENER GY RESOURCE HOSTING CAPACITY IN A WAY THAT 24
350	350	INCLUDES: 25
351	351
352	352	1. ESTABLISHING THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF RESERVE 26
353	353	CAPACITY FOR EACH FEEDER CIRC UIT, AS DETERMINED BY A C IRCUIT–SPECIFIC 27
354	354	ANALYSIS, TO MAXIMIZE THE CAPA CITY AVAILABLE FOR ACTIVE DISTRIBUTED 28
355	355	ENERGY RESOURCE DEVE LOPMENT; 29
356	356
357	357	2. DEVELOPING HOSTING CAPACITY MAP S THAT 30
358	358	FACILITATE DISTRIBUT ED ENERGY RESOURCE P LANNING, INCLUDING: 31
359	359	HOUSE BILL 1225 9
360	360
361	361
362	362	A. IDENTIFYING AREAS WH ERE INTERCONNECTION 1
363	363	COSTS WILL BE HIGHER OR LOWER THAN AVERAGE; 2
364	364
365	365	B. LISTING OTHER UPCOMI NG PROJECTS FOR SPEC IFIC 3
366	366	CIRCUITS; AND 4
367	367
368	368	C. EXISTING FEEDER LOAD AND CAPACITY; AND 5
369	369
370	370	3. REVISING THE HOSTING CAPACITY ANALYSIS AND 6
371	371	HOSTING CAPACITY MAP S FREQUENTLY ENOUGH TO REFLECT THE ACTUA L 7
372	372	DEVELOPMENT OF DISTR IBUTED ENERGY RESOUR CES ON CIRCUITS; 8
373	373
374	374	(XVI) A DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION 9
375	375	SYSTEM PLAN ACCOUNTS FOR AND CONTRIBUTES TO ACHIEVING THE STATE’S 10
376	376	CLEAN ENERGY AND CLI MATE GOALS, INCLUDING THE GOALS AND TARGET S 11
377	377	IDENTIFIED IN SUBSECTION (B)(3) OF THIS SECTION; 12
378	378
379	379	(XVII) AN ANALYSIS APPLYING EACH OF THE METRICS ADOPTED 13
380	380	BY THE COMMISSION UNDER SUBSECTION (B)(5) OF THIS SECTION; AND 14
381	381
382	382	(XVIII) A COMPILATION OF ANY OFFICIAL COMMENT S 15
383	383	RECEIVED THROUGHOUT THE DRAFTING AND REVIEW PROCESS ACCOMPANIED BY : 16
384	384
385	385	1. A DESCRIPTION OF WHERE THE COMMENT IS 17
386	386	INCORPORATED IN THE ELECTRIC DIST RIBUTION SYSTEM PLAN ; OR 18
387	387
388	388	2. A JUSTIFICATION FOR NOT INCORPORATIN G THE 19
389	389	COMMENT IN THE ELECTRIC DIST RIBUTION SYSTEM PLAN . 20
390	390
391	391	(2) (I) THE DISTRIBUTED ENERGY R ESOURCE FORECAST 21
392	392	INCLUDED IN AN ELECTRIC DISTR IBUTION SYSTEM PLAN UNDER PARAGRAPH (1)(I) 22
393	393	OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL INCLUDE A FORE CAST FOR, AT A MINIMUM: 23
394	394
395	395	1. SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS ; 24
396	396
397	397	2. ENERGY STORAGE ; 25
398	398
399	399	3. ELECTRIC VEHICLES ; 26
400	400
401	401	4. BUILDING ELECTRIFICA TION; AND 27
402	402
403	403	5. DEMAND RESPONSE AND CONTROLLA BLE LOADS. 28
404	404	10 HOUSE BILL 1225
405	405
406	406
407	407	(II) THE DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RE SOURCE FORECAST SHALL 1
408	408	REFLECT THE ABILITY OF EACH RESOURCE FOR ECAST TO PROVIDE ELECTRIC 2
409	409	DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM SERVICES, INCLUDING: 3
410	410
411	411	1. BIDIRECTIONAL ELECTR IC VEHICLE CHARGING ; AND 4
412	412
413	413	2. AGGREGATION OF DISTR IBUTED ENERGY 5
414	414	RESOURCES. 6
415	415
416	416	(III) THE DISTRIBUTED ENERGY R ESOURCE FORECAST SHA LL 7
417	417	PREDICT DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE AND ELECTRIFICATION ADOP TION AND 8
418	418	RELATED IMPACTS , BOTH TEMPORALLY AND GEOGRAPHICALLY . 9
419	419
420	420	(3) (I) THE LOAD FORECAST INCLUDED IN AN ELECT RIC 10
421	421	DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PLAN SUBMITTED UNDER PARAGRAPH (1)(I) OF THIS 11
422	422	SUBSECTION SHALL REFLECT EXPECTED CHANGES IN ELECTRICITY DEMAND 12
423	423	WITHIN THE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR: 13
424	424
425	425	1. THE 8,760 HOURLY LOAD VARIATIO N; 14
426	426
427	427	2. LOAD PATTERNS AT THE FEEDER; 15
428	428
429	429	3. THE ANTICIPATED AMOUNT A ND GEOGRAPHIC 16
430	430	LOCATION OF EXPANSIO N OF DISTRIBUTED ENERG Y RESOURCES; AND 17
431	431
432	432	4. THE LOAD–MODIFYING CHARACTERISTICS FOR THE 18
433	433	DISTRIBUTED ENERGY R ESOURCES FORECAST UN DER PARAGRAPH (1)(I) OF THIS 19
434	434	SUBSECTION. 20
435	435
436	436	(II) THE LOAD FORECAST SHA LL TAKE INTO CONSIDERAT ION 21
437	437	AND INCLUDE A DESCRIPTIO N OF THE EXPECTED RA TE OF DEVELOPMENT AN D 22
438	438	ADOPTION OF THE DISTRIBUTED ENER GY RESOURCES FORECAST UNDER 23
439	439	PARAGRAPH (1)(I) OF THIS SUBSECTION . 24
440	440
441	441	(4) IF AN ELECTRIC COMPAN Y DOES NOT HAVE THE FULL 25
442	442	FORECASTING CAPABILI TY REQUIRED TO MEET THE FORECAST REPORTING 26
443	443	REQUIREMENTS OF THE FORECASTS REQUIR ED UNDER PARAGRAPH (1)(I) OF THIS 27
444	444	SUBSECTION, THE ELECTRIC COMPANY , IN ITS FIRST PLANNIN G CYCLE, MAY 28
445	445	INSTEAD SUBMIT A ROADMAP OF ACTIONS TO BRIDGE TH E GAP BETWEEN CURREN T 29
446	446	FORECAST PROCESSES A ND NECESSARY IMPROVEMEN TS, INCLUDING A TIMELINE 30
447	447	FOR MEETING THE FORECAST REPORTING REQUIREMEN TS. 31
448	448	HOUSE BILL 1225 11
449	449
450	450
451	451	(E) BEFORE SUBMITTING AN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PLAN TO 1
452	452	THE COMMISSION UNDER THIS SECTION , AN ELECTRIC COMPANY S HALL PROVIDE 2
453	453	SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITI ES FOR PUBLIC AND ST AKEHOLDER PARTICIPAT ION 3
454	454	THROUGHOUT THE DRAFT ING PROCESS, INCLUDING: 4
455	455
456	456	(1) THREE PUBLIC STATUS MEETING S THAT ARE OPEN TO PUBLIC 5
457	457	AND STAKEHOLDER PART ICIPATION, SPREAD OUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE 6
458	458	DRAFTING PROCESS , DISCUSSING: 7
459	459
460	460	(I) PLAN, SCENARIO, FORECAST, AND TECHNOLOGY ADOPT ION 8
461	461	ASSUMPTIONS ; 9
462	462
463	463	(II) IDENTIFIED SYSTEM CO NSTRAINTS AND NEEDS ; AND 10
464	464
465	465	(III) THE PROGRESS ON THE DRAFT PLAN , INCLUDING 11
466	466	PROPOSED SOLUTIONS A CCOMPANIED BY A COST –BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND ANY 12
467	467	ADDITIONAL CRITERIA USED TO SELECT THE S OLUTION; 13
468	468
469	469	(2) THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STAKEHOLDERS AND THE PUBLIC TO 14
470	470	PROVIDE WRITTEN FEED BACK ON THE CURRENT DRAFT PLAN FOR THE 30 DAYS 15
471	471	FOLLOWING EACH PUBLI C MEETING; AND 16
472	472
473	473	(3) WITHIN 30 DAYS FOLLOWING A COM MENT PERIOD UNDER IT EM (2) 17
474	474	OF THIS SUBSECTION, PROVIDING A RESPONSE TO ALL CO MMENTS SUBMITTED 18
475	475	DURING THE COMMENT P ERIOD, INCLUDING: 19
476	476
477	477	(I) A DESCRIPTION OF WHERE THE COMMENT IS 20
478	478	INCORPORATED IN THE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PLAN; OR 21
479	479
480	480	(II) A JUSTIFICATION FOR NOT INCORPORAT ING THE COMMENT 22
481	481	IN THE ELECTRIC DIST RIBUTION SYSTEM PLAN . 23
482	482
483	483	(F) (1) THE COMMISSION SHALL REVI EW EACH ELECTRIC COM PANY’S 24
484	484	ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PLAN SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL . 25
485	485
486	486	(2) THE COMMISSION MAY NOT APPROVE A N ELECTRIC 26
487	487	DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PLAN UNLESS THE COMMISSION FINDS THAT : 27
488	488
489	489	(I) THE ELECTRIC COMPANY SATISFIED ALL OF THE PUBLIC 28
490	490	AND STAKEHOLDER ENGA GEMENT REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION (E) 29
491	491	OF THIS SECTION; 30
492	492	12 HOUSE BILL 1225
493	493
494	494
495	495	(II) THE PROJECTED DISTRI BUTION ACTIVITIES AN D 1
496	496	CORRESPONDING BUDGET S AFFORDABLY AND STR ATEGICALLY BENEFIT O R 2
497	497	ADVANCE THE POLICY GOALS AND TARGETS SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION (B)(3) OF 3
498	498	THIS SECTION; 4
499	499
500	500	(III) THE PLAN WILL C OST–EFFECTIVELY ADVANCE APPLICABLE 5
501	501	STATE POLICY TO THE G REATEST EXTENT POSSI BLE; 6
502	502
503	503	(IV) THE PLAN HAS ADEQUAT ELY INCORPORATED NON –WIRES 7
504	504	SOLUTIONS AND OTHER NONCAPITAL INV ESTMENTS; AND 8
505	505
506	506	(V) THE PLAN: 9
507	507
508	508	1. INCORPORATES STAKEHO LDER AND PUBLIC 10
509	509	COMMENTS RECEIVED DURING THE DRAFTING PROCESS ; OR 11
510	510
511	511	2. PROVIDES A SUFFICIEN T, EVIDENCE–BASED 12
512	512	JUSTIFICATION FOR WH Y THE ELECTRIC COMPA NY DID NOT INCORPORA TE INTO 13
513	513	THE PLAN STAKEHOLDER OR PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED DURING THE DRAFTING 14
514	514	PROCESS. 15
515	515
516	516	(3) THE COMMISSION MAY REJECT AN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION 16
517	517	PLAN SUBMITTED UNDER THIS SECTION IF THE COMMISSION FINDS THAT THE PLAN 17
518	518	FAILS TO: 18
519	519
520	520	(I) COST–EFFECTIVELY ADVANCE EACH APPLICABLE STATE 19
521	521	POLICY TO THE GREATE ST EXTENT POSSIBLE ; OR 20
522	522
523	523	(II) PRIORITIZE PASSING ON THE LOWEST CO ST TO 21
524	524	RATEPAYER S WHILE ENSURING FUTURE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTIO N SYSTEM 22
525	525	CAPACITY AND RELIABI LITY. 23
526	526
527	527	(G) (1) THE INFORMATION SHARING FRAMEWORK ADOPTED UNDER 24
528	528	SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION SHAL L ENSURE ACCURACY IN ELECTRIC 25
529	529	DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FORECASTING AND ASSE SSING ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTIO N 26
530	530	SYSTEM CAPACITY . 27
531	531
532	532	(2) THE INFORMATION SHARING FRAMEWORK SHALL: 28
533	533
534	534	(I) INCLUDE SECURE METHO DS OF COMMUNICATING : 29
535	535
536	536	1. FOR GAS COMPANIES, THE GEOGRAPHIC POSIT ION OF 30
537	537	GAS SERVICES, MAINS, AND RELATED DISTRIBUTION EQUIPMENT ALONG WITH ANY 31 HOUSE BILL 1225 13
538	538
539	539
540	540	INFORMATION REGARDIN G THE AGE, MATERIAL, DIAMETER, AND CONDITION OF 1
541	541	PIPES; AND 2
542	542
543	543	2. FOR ELECTRIC COMPANIES, THE GEOGRAPHIC 3
544	544	POSITION OF ALL FEED ERS, SUBSTATIONS, AND RELATED EQUIPMEN T, INCLUDING 4
545	545	THE AGE AND CONDITIO N OF THE EQUIPMENT ; AND 5
546	546
547	547	(II) ADHERE TO ALL INDUSTRY –RECOMMENDED 6
548	548	CYBERSECURITY GUIDEL INES. 7
549	549
550	550	(H) THE COMMISSION MAY STAGGE R THE REVIEW AND APP ROVAL OF 8
551	551	DIFFERENT ELECTRIC D ISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PLANS TO BE COMPLETE D IN 9
552	552	DIFFERENT YEARS , PROVIDED EACH ELECTR IC COMPANY ’S ELECTRIC 10
553	553	DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PLAN IS REVIEWED AT LEAST ONCE EVERY 3 YEARS. 11
554	554
555	555	(I) (1) ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1, 2026, AND EACH DECEMBER 1 12
556	556	THEREAFTER , THE COMMISSION SHALL REQU IRE EACH ELECTRIC COMPANY T O 13
557	557	PROVIDE THE COMMISSION WITH A PROGRESS REPORT ON THE ELECTR IC 14
558	558	COMPANY’S PROGRESS TOWARDS I MPLEMENTING THE COMPANY’S APPROVED 15
559	559	ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PLAN. 16
560	560
561	561	(2) A PROGRESS REPORT SUBMITTED UNDER PARA GRAPH (1) OF 17
562	562	THIS SUBSECTION SHALL INCLUDE : 18
563	563
564	564	(I) A DESCRIPTION OF ALL ONGOING ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTIO N 19
565	565	SYSTEM–RELATED PROJECTS OR PROCESSE S AND ANY PLANNED OR UPCOMING 20
566	566	ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTIO N SYSTEM–RELATED PROJECTS; 21
567	567
568	568	(II) AN ANALYSIS DOCUMENT ING THE DECISION –MAKING 22
569	569	PROCESS FOR SELEC TED ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTIO N SYSTEM–RELATED PROJECTS 23
570	570	AND DESCRIBING ANY R EJECTED ALTERNATIVES ; 24
571	571
572	572	(III) A DESCRIPTION OF HOW EACH ONGOING AND UPC OMING 25
573	573	ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTIO N SYSTEM–RELATED PROJECT CONTRIBUTES TO MEETING 26
574	574	APPLICABLE STATE POLICY AND THE POLICY GOALS AND TARGETS SP ECIFIED IN 27
575	575	SUBSECTION (B)(3) OF THIS SECTION; AND 28
576	576
577	577	(IV) AN ANALYSIS OF THE ELECTRIC COMPANY ’S PROGRESS 29
578	578	TOWARD IMPLEMENTING ITS ELECTRIC DISTRIB UTION SYSTEM PLAN US ING EACH 30
579	579	OF THE METRICS ADOPT ED BY THE COMMISSION UNDER SUBSECTION (B)(5) OF THIS 31
580	580	SECTION. 32
581	581
582	582	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 33
583	583	October 1, 2025. 34